"Where ______ the recorder? I can't see it anywhere.""I ______ it right here. But now it i
A.did you put, have put
B.have you put, put
C.had you put, was putting
D.were you putting, have put
A.did you put, have put
B.have you put, put
C.had you put, was putting
D.were you putting, have put
第1题
A.Wait a moment
B.It’s on the upstairs
C.They're labelled already
D.I hope they're not overweight
第2题
A、You’re welcome
B、At the travel agency
C、It’s a good idea
D、A sightseeing plan
第3题
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger.
To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation’s largest 36 hunger-
relief organization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in
30 Days program, it’s asking 37 across the country to help the more than 200 food
banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with
the fuel they need to 38 .
It’s the kind of work that’s done every day at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San
Antonio. People who 39 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each
month aren’t looking for God – they’re there for something to eat. St. Andrew’s runs a
food pantry (食品室)that 40 the city and several of the 41 towns. Janet Drane
is its manager.
In the wake of the 42 , the number of families in need of food assistance began to
grow. It is 43 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next
meal. What’s most surprising is that 36% of them live in 44 where at least one adult
is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,” says St. Andrew’s Drane. “
The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they’re still right on the
edge 45 .” 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
A.accumulate I.households
B.circling J.recession
C.communities K.reported
D.competition L.reviewed
E.domestic M.serves
F.financially N.surrounding
G.formally O.survive
H.gather
第4题
问题:Why does the author think that encoding properly is very important?
A.It helps us understand our memory system better.
B. It enables us to recall something form our memory.
C. It expands our memory capacity considerably.
D.It slows down the process of losing our memory.
One possible reason why women have better memories than men is thatA.they have a wider range of interests
B.they are more reliant on the environment
C.they have an unusual power of focusing their attention
D.they are more interested in what's happening around them
??One possible reason why women have better memories than men is that
??A.they have a wider range of interests
B.they are more reliant on the environment
C.they have an unusual power of focusing their attention
D.they are more interested in what's happening around them
请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
第5题
"We are seeing a ton of this," says Ross Levin, an Edina, Minn., financial adviser. "Sometimes it's a great idea and sometimes it is not. You have to make sure you put on your own oxygen mask first."
Some 62 percent of visitors to Grandparents.com have helped their kids financially in the past year, with 70 percent of that group handing over cash to help their adult children and grandchildren with daily expenses, says the site's CEO, Jerry Shereshewsky. Another popular category is housing; in the last year many parents have coughed up down payments to help their kids get into homes while the 8,000 first-time home buyer's credit was in effect.
Then there's the debt-bailout situation. A survey recently conducted by Creditcards.com for Newsweek found that 42 percent of folks with adult children have helped them pay off car loans, credit cards, medical bills, and more.
None of this is surprising to Shereshewsky, who sees the trend as a natural result of changing families and the distribution of wealth. "This is where all the money is--and it's where the money is, despite the fact that we've had this meltdown." In general, the baby-boom generation is far wealthier than their children are, and has a lower unemployment rate than 20-somethings. He says that the vast majority of multi-generation households now involve adult children (and sometimes their children) moving in with aging parents. Baby-boom parents generally aspire to helping their kids and their grandchildren and don't want to wait until they are dead to do it.
"You should give while you're young enough to enjoy the fruits of what you're doing," says Shereshewsky, who is personally considering getting a reverse mortgage on his home when it comes time to help his 20-something kids with home purchases.
According the passage, people are regarded as "strapped" if they are ______.
A.jobless in the recession
B.in financial difficulties
C.dependent on their parents
D.troubled by credit card debt
第6题
ans of advertising your sale is to place an ad in the local newspaper.If you have a city and neighborhood paper, make sure you advertise in both.The ad should be large enough that it stands out.It should also include information on where the sale is located with directions, the "hot" items you're selling and the time the sale will start and end.An ad should be placed at least two days before the sale and run until the day of your event.That way people can plan their route (路线)to the sale in advance.
Sig ns are another great way to inform. your community.Post them in places where people gather, such as stores and community centers.Some businesses have a central bulletin board (布告栏), which is the best place to advertise.Other places to post are at the loc al college or university campus.This is especially helpful if your sale is happening in August or early September when students have returned to school and are looking for cheap finds.
Post signs around your neighborhood.You should also place both ads a nd direction signs, especially if you're located on a side street without a major presence.Signs will attract and direct people.Just make sure you print in bold letters and use large direction signs so people can read the information from the front seat of their car.
1.The best way of getting out the news of your garage sale is to ().
A.publish the news online
B.visit people door-to-door
C.advertise in the local newspaper
D.make phone calls to your neighbors
2.You should place an ad at least two days before the sale so that people can ().
A.get enough cash for the sale
B.compare prices of the items
C.select the items they will buy
D.decide on their route in advance
3.Why should signs be po sted in a community center?()
A.Schools are nearby
B.There are many stores
C.Students often meet there
D.More people gather there
4.What advice is given for printing the signs according to the last paragraph?()
A.Colored signs are preferred
B.Bold letters should be used
C.Large pictures should be included
D.Phone numbers should be provided
5.The best title for the passage might be ().
A.Advertising Garage Sales
B.Advanta ges of Garage Sales
C.Importance of Garage Sales
D.Printing Ads for Garage Sales
第7题
First, know your goals.If you don't know where you're going, you're likely to end up anywhere,or even nowhere.The action plan should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timed(SMART).It will take you toward the completion of that goal.
Next, list the necessary strategies that will be used to realize the goals.Be clear about very important events, and also any hidden difficulties you may meet.Break large tasks into smaller ones.Set deadlines for each task.Without clear deadlines, some tasks may never get completed.
Thirdly, follow your plan and don't stop until it's finished.Once your plan is made and shared with the team, the next step is simple: take daily action and make sure that everyone is doing their part.
Finally, change the date if you must, but never give up on the goals.Sometimes unexpected situations and events can appear and prevent you from finishing the tasks on time.If this happens, do not be discouraged –change your plan and continue working to meet your goals.
1.Whether you need to have a clear action plan depends on what kind of project you do.()
2.SMART stands for “suitable, measurable, achievable, relevant, timed”.()
3.When making an action plan, you'd better take possible difficulties into consideration.()
4.Don't change your plan even if some unexpected events happen.()
5.This passage is mainly about how to make a good action plan.()
第8题
Sharing Silence
Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez and German Resendiz have been friends since kindergarten(幼儿园). Together the two boys,who go to Escondido High School in California,have had the difficult job of learning in schools where the majority of the students can speak and hear.
Orlando lost his hearing at the age of one.German was born deaf,and his parents moved from Mexico to find a school where he could learn sign language.He met Orlando on their first day of kindergarten.
“We were in a special class with about 25 other deaf kids,”German remembers.“Before then,I didn’t know I was deaf and that I was different.”
“Being young and deaf in regular classes was very hard,”signs Orlando.“The other kids didn't understand us and we didn't understand them.But we”ve all grown up together,and today,I'm popular be cause I'm deaf.Kids try hard to communicate with me.”
Some things are very difficult for the two boys.“We can't talk on the phone,so if we need help,we can't call an emergency service,”German signs.“And we can't order food in a drive-thru.”
Despite their difficulties,the two boys have found work putting food in bags at a local supermarket. They got their jobs through a“workability”program,designed for teenagers from local schools with different types of learning disabilities.
German has worked in the supermarket since August,and Orlando started in November.
“The other people who work here have been very nice to us,”Orlando signs.“They even sign some times.At first,we were nervous,but we've learned a lot and we’re getting better.”
The opportunity to earn money has been exciting,both boys said.After high school,they hope to attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York.
0rlando and German have been______.
A.to Mexico together.
B.deaf since they were born.
C.to different high schools.
D.friends since they were very young.
第9题
【C1】
A.out
B.awaken
C.away
D.up
第10题
Some brains do deteriorate with age. Alzheimer's disease, for example, strikes 13 percent of Americans 65 and older. But for most aging adults, the authors say, much of what occurs is a gradually widening focus of attention that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact, like a name or a telephone number. Although that can be frustrating, it is often useful. "It may be that distractibility is not, in fact, a bad thing," said Shelley H. Carson, a psychology researcher at Harvard whose work was cited in the book. "It may increase the amount of information available to the conscious mind. "
For example, in studies where subjects are asked to read passages that are interrupted with unexpected words or phrases, adults 60 and older work much more slowly than college students. Although the students plow through the texts at a consistent speed regardless of what the out-of-place words mean, older people slow down even more when the words are related to the topic at hand. That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it. When both groups were later asked questions for which the out-of-place words might be answers, the older adults responded much better than the students.
"For the young people, it's as if the distraction never happened," said an author of the review, Lynn Hasher, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute. "But for older adults, because they've retained all this extra data, they' re now suddenly the better problem solvers. They can transfer the information they've soaked up from one situation to another. "
Such tendencies can yield big advantages in the real world, where it is not always clear what information is important, or will become important. A seemingly irrelevant point or suggestion in a memo can take on new meaning if the original plan changes. Or extra details that stole your attention, like others'yawning and fidgeting, may help you assess the speaker's real impact.
From the first two paragraphs, we learn that______.
A.aging brains tend to process more information simultaneously
B.one becomes forgetful when he gets old
C.older people don't think their brainpower is declining
D.the aged always stress long-term benefit
第11题
Getting a Chinese visa was easy enough. The Mongolian embassy (大使馆) seemed a bit unprepared for me, or in fact any other tourist, wanting to visit the country in winter and it took half an hour of knocking at the door before I got an answer. The Mongolian visa, however, has a map of the country in the background that should come in handy if I get lost out on the grassland.
It was getting a Russian visa that had me wondering if I'd ever be able to leave. The requirements for the visa, especially for the trip that ! plan to take, were a mountain of paperwork. I was required to prove, for example, where and when I plan on staying in each city and what train I plan to catch between cities.
I've spent a lot of time preparing for this trip, but ! still have no idea what to expect on this journey. The planning and packing has taken my mind off any worries I have so now everything is ready and I just want to get going. I'm sure I will see some interesting people and see some wonderful sights, and the sense of the unknown makes it all the more exciting.
How do the writer's friends feel about the delay of his trip?
A.Grateful.
B.Impatient.
C.Delighted.
D.Worried.